The Next Unveiling of Toll Brothers' Gowanus
[nggallery id=”24188″ template=galleryview] Curbed unveiled the latest rendering of the Toll Brothers’ Gowanus development — remember that? — yesterday. The latest news is that the development’s 26-section Draft Environmental Impact Statement has been posted on the nyc.gov Web site. “The review is happening because the Toll Brothers are looking for a special rezoning in advance…
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Curbed unveiled the latest rendering of the Toll Brothers’ Gowanus development — remember that? — yesterday. The latest news is that the development’s 26-section Draft Environmental Impact Statement has been posted on the nyc.gov Web site. “The review is happening because the Toll Brothers are looking for a special rezoning in advance of the bigger Gowanus rezoning that’s being done,” Curbed reports. They want the development to span two blocks, with 447 units (up to 130 affordable units), 2,000 square feet of commercial space, 268 parking spaces — that’s 525,000 square feet altogether, all of it elevated should the Gowanus Canal rise. Estimated finish date: 2011. Writes Curbed: “Let’s just say that the Good Old Gowanus will be a very different place if the project is approved and built.”
Fresh Images of the Toll Brothers Project [Curbed]
I’ve heard it said many times “Gowanus=The New San Antonio”. Haha!
All of new york, including Brooklyn, has (unfortunately) the old fashioned “combined sewer overflow” systems… there are some parts that just handle storm water, which is great. No reason to treat rainwater at the plant.
But that’s not how the whole system is built. If the pipes are combined (both storm and poo) and there is a big storm, the water flows into the pipes and exceeds the capacity going to the sewage treatment plan… so, yes, human waste is released into the water. But that’s all over the city, not just the Gowanus.
That being said. Sewage is FAR from the main problem in the Gowanus canal. I mean, seriously. That’s a toxic mess that is improving, but I wouldn’t want to get that water on me (or breathe too deeply on a hot day). But i do really like that little draw bridge, I’m glad they fixed it up.
Are those Canoes in the rederring?! Ha Ha Ha….. THAT WILL BE THE DAY!
I gotta say it looks nice.
fsrq, who says there is human sewage being pumped into the Gowanus? I think the storm drains overflow into the Gowanus on the regular, but that’s different.
no, and nor should they.
good point tybur6
will the “affordable” units get the coveted water views?
No Blackstoner… 447 units will be unaffordable, but 130 will have strange restrictions on income so the huge proportion of income spent on housing will be by DESIGN not by market choice.
Lets see… Toll Brothers who are having massive problems as the housing market tanks (and it will here too) – wants to build a 500 unit development adjacent too and atop one of the largest toxic waste sites in the country and one which raw (human) sewage is still pumped.
Who will finance such a project (it will have to be the Govt)
Who will insure such a project (the lawyers are already getting their index numbers for every cancer, birth defect or unexplained illness that occurs here)
While I’d like to see it built – this is pure folly….
so 317 units will be unaffordable